Bill Text: TX SB2155 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the retention of soil samples and records related to a permit for a municipal solid waste facility issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; creating an administrative penalty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB2155 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB2155-Introduced.html

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86R14177 SLB-D
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 2155

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the retention of soil samples and records related to a
permit for a municipal solid waste facility issued by the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality; creating an administrative
penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 361.127 to read as follows:
Sec. 361.127. RETENTION OF SAMPLES AND RECORDS RELATING TO
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE FACILITY. (a) The commission shall adopt
rules to govern the retention of soil samples and other physical
evidence and records of that evidence in relation to a permitted
municipal solid waste facility or proposed municipal solid waste
facility for which an application has been submitted.
(b) Rules adopted under this section must require retention
of:
(1) soil samples and other physical evidence taken in
relation to a permit application for a municipal solid waste
facility until a final action has been taken by the commission on
the application; and
(2) records of soil samples or other physical evidence
taken in relation to a permit issued for a municipal solid waste
facility until the closure of the facility.
(c) A violation of this section is subject to an
administrative penalty imposed by the commission under Section
7.051, Water Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.